Thursday, 3 August 2017

Group told Buhari to prepare to handover to a female president

A
political pressure group advocating the emergence of a female president in
Nigeria, Nigeria Female President Initiative, NFPI, has asked President
Muhammadu Buhari to prepare to hand over to an elected female President, adding
that a female Nigerian president would not run the country like an ATM without
pin code where monies are diverted at will.

The group noted that the declaration of intent to run for Nigeria’s Presidency
currently trending on various social media platforms, by one Monica Ambrose, is
a welcome development and urged other female aspirants to do same. Convener of
the group, Felix Akpoyibo, in a statement, yesterday, explained that the
country needs a dedicated female president, who will not encourage a leadership
where amnesty is proposed for those who financially milked the country dry.

He explained that governance in Nigeria since the military era to the current
democratic dispensation has been in poor shape, considering the poor leadership
style of previous administrations. He said: “With a dedicated female president,
Nigeria will not be taken back to the era where ministers and states are richer
than their states. “Nigerians are no longer interested in any political party
but are keen on the individual who would provide solutions to the
socio-economic problems bedevilling the country.”

“A situation where the rich and privileged in the society have access to
24-hour electricity power supply whereas, the majority of the populace have
limited supply in this modern age with electricity distribution companies
running generators to power their offices and outlets is sad and a wicked
development. “It is on this note that we are drumming support for a female
president whom we believe as a mother, would be a mother to the Nigerian
state.”